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Running tests for this week’s personal technology column on Apple’s new high-end Mac Pro desktop computer, one result startled me: In some cases, the Mac Pro was actually beaten by its far more affordable all-in-one sibling, the iMac.

To be clear, in most tests, the Mac Pro shines, especially when you throw really intense jobs its way, like rendering Ultra HD video (aka 4K) or completing many graphics-intense tasks all at the same time. But when it came to importing a slew of gigantic raw photo files into Adobe’s Lightroom software, the Mac Pro was consistently a bit slower than a top-of-the-line iMac. Read More »

Samsung said it didn’t intentionally alter test conditions for the Galaxy S4 to boost benchmark stats for the smartphone, as some reports have suggested, but that performance levels are throttled depending on how the phone is being used.